Emerging Technologies in Merchant Services
Finance February 14th, 2008Over the years, a number of new products have been developed to make it easier to conduct financial transactions online. While some of these times are not yet a part of total merchant services packages, you may seen them included at some time in the future. In addition, there are a number of new technologies being made available for point of sale transactions that may soon be made widely available to merchant account holders.
One of the hottest new trends in online payment methods is the ability to conduct escrow transactions. At one time, these services were only available on freelance work sites. Today, your domain registrar may well offer an escrow service. Utilizing it can be a simple as reconfiguring your shopping cart utility, or installing a script on your web pages. Considering the number of problems that can come up with online and mail based transactions, the escrow system is likely to be included in the repertoire of merchant service options.
When it comes to point of sale credit card processing, the main focus has shifted to preventing stolen credit card transaction. Some of the newest card readers require a scan of the customers thumb print. This can be compared almost instantly to one that is on file. Even if the lender is not equipped to use this type of information, it can be used as evidence later on. Retinal scans are also becoming increasingly popular as a method of ensuring that identity theft crimes do not happen. No doubt these and other technologies will be made available and more affordable to business owners.












